School Sports Essay, Research Paper

My editorial is how the seriousness for school related sports has decreased.

Sports aren?t what they used to be. People who say things like ? people are

taking these sports too seriously? or ? the sports are meant to be fun?, I

think, should rethink their opinion. Of course, they are taken seriously, that

doesn?t necessarily mean they aren?t fun. Personally I love all of the

yelling and confusion that goes on all around sports, whether it?s on TV, or

the court, or on the field. I also think that nowadays they aren?t being taken

seriously enough. These days sports have become much more that what they used to

be. I looked up the word ?sports? in the dictionary, and this is what it

said: 1. an amusing or interesting activity 2. a physical activity especially

one with a set form and body of rules My definition of sports: 1. a political

game Why? You may ask, do I call it this. The first reason is the coaches. Take

basketball for example. I?ve gone to a couple of my sister?s basketball

games (she?s in 5th grade) and noticed that she has gone to every single

practice, and yet, still sits the bench for most of the game. She has two

coaches and both of them have daughters on the team, and both of their daughters

play all of the game. Even though (I think) that my sister is a little bit

better than those two. My father told me that when he was in 8th grade, he had

coaches that had coached the teams for years and years. Not player?s parents.

Now, don?t get me wrong I have no problems with players parents coaching their

son?s or daughter?s team (because I have on right now) but I don?t like

when they aren?t fair. Some of the parents go to their child?s practice and

?make friends? with the coach, or suck up to them. When I was in 4th and 5th

grade, my dad coached our team and I never ever played more than any other kid

did on that team. Another thing that isn?t taken seriously enough are the

refs. Again, player?s parents are refereeing their own children?s games.

That?s like being in a class with your mom as the teacher. These refs also

shouldn?t carry personal issues onto the court, for example: if I were to not

be one of the greatest friends with one of the referees, that still gives him no

right to just pick on me during the whole game. I hope this paragraph about the

refs, and the rest of this article is having action taken against them.